Pedro Daniel Gómez (born 31 December 1990) is a Mexican racewalking athlete. He holds a personal best of 1:20:05 hours for the 20 kilometres race walk, set in 2016. He represented his country at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He also competed at the 2009 World Championships in Athletics and is a three-time participant at the IAAF World Race Walking Cup (2008, 2010, 2012).
Gómez competed internationally for Mexico in racewalking from a young age, coming fourth at the 2005 World Youth Championships in Athletics at the age of fourteen. Success came soon afterwards with silver medals at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Youth Championships and the 2007 World Youth Championships. Central American and Caribbean Youth Championships. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.Pedro Daniel Gomez. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-08-19. A gold medal came at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships.Pan American Junior Championships 2009 - 7/31/2009 to 8/2/2009 . CFPI Timing. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
He began competing in the senior ranks in 2008. He took team gold at the 2009 Pan American Race Walking Cup, having finished fourth.I CAMPEONATO DE LAS AMERICAS DE MARCHA - SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR, 1 Y 2 DE MAYO DE 2009 - CIRCUITO ZONA ROSA - 20 KILOMETROS MASCULINO MAYOR / 20 KILOMETERS MEN SENIORS (190 - 229). Americas Race Walking El Salvador 2009. Retrieved on 2016-08-19. A team bronze followed at the 2010 IAAF World Race Walking Cup. He placed in the top six at the Central American and Caribbean Games in both 2010 and 2014.
Personal bests 5000 metres race walk – 19:11.86 min (2014) 10,000 metres race walk – 41:13.90 min (2011) 10 kilometres race walk – 40:02 min (2011) 20 kilometres race walk – 1:20:05 (2016) 50 kilometres race walk – 3:53:23 (2016)
All information from All-Athletics profile.Pedro Daniel Gomez. All-Athletics. Retrieved on 2016-08-19.
International competitions 2005World Youth ChampionshipsMarrakesh, Morocco4th10,000 m walk44:01.542006Central American and Caribbean Youth ChampionshipsPort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago2nd5000 m walk22:50.592007World Youth ChampionshipsOstrava, Czech Republic2nd10,000 m walk43:11.872008World Race Walking CupCheboksary, Russia44th20 km walk1:25:064thTeam61 ptsIbero-American ChampionshipsIquique, Chile6th20 km walk1:26:02.61World Junior ChampionshipsBydgoszcz, Poland9th10,000 m walk42:53.382009Pan American Race Walking CupSan Salvador, El Salvador4th20 km walk1:23:581stTeam12 ptsPan American Junior ChampionshipsPort of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago1st10,000 m walk42:19.56World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany27th20 km walk1:24:392010World Race Walking CupChihuahua, Mexico14th20 km walk1:25:093rdTeam41 ptsCentral American and Caribbean GamesMayagüez, Puerto Rico5th20 km walk1:27:532012World Race Walking CupSaransk, Russia26th20 km walk1:23:406thTeam78 pts2014Central American and Caribbean GamesXalapa, Mexico6th20 km walk1:40:452016Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil23rd20 km walk1:22:22
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